Rnd 2994 Time to vote for VICARIANCE

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Johnb - co.uk

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Jun 29, 2019, 4:24:25 PM6/29/19
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Here are 12 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the definition that was submitted by a dictionary

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to this one), before the deadline..

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1. divorce

 2. an unwanted gift

 3. a  measure of tightness of fit

 4. blithe lack of concern; nonchalance

 5. sense of personal participation in an observed activity

 6. [Theol.]  any work by or about vicars or their travels q.v.

 7. flattery, obsequiousness, especially towards those in power

 8. the taking of pleasure from reports of other people's experiences

 9. a  psychological state in which one vividly feels as though one were someone else

10. [Chem.] The act or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical; metathesis

11. a measure, usually calculated by software, of the proportion of a work, often an academic assignment, that appears to have been copied from known sources

12. the existence of vicariant forms; the separation or subdivision of a population by the appearance of a geographical barrier and subsequent differentiation



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Tim B

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Jun 29, 2019, 4:33:33 PM6/29/19
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5 and 12, please.

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Tim Bourne.

Tim Lodge

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Jun 29, 2019, 5:11:31 PM6/29/19
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4 and 12, please.

 4. blithe lack of concern; nonchalance

12. the existence of vicariant forms; the separation or subdivision of a population by the appearance of a geographical barrier and subsequent differentiation
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Debbie

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Jun 29, 2019, 5:19:32 PM6/29/19
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4 and 5 please

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Daniel Widdis

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Jun 29, 2019, 9:31:35 PM6/29/19
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The longer, the more believable.  11 and 12 please.

Shani Naylor

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Jun 30, 2019, 12:32:51 AM6/30/19
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4 & 7 for me.



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nancygoat

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Jun 30, 2019, 1:45:47 AM6/30/19
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Although I am tempted by 1, because it is so odd, I will vote for 2 and 4.  Also odd.

Nancy

France International/Mike Shefler

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Jun 30, 2019, 12:03:22 PM6/30/19
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I'll go with 1 and 4.

Efrem G Mallach

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Jul 1, 2019, 9:31:28 AM7/1/19
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A whole lot of weird definitions here, including my own. After eliminating anything to do with vicars, which is probably a big mistake, I'll take 9 and 11.

Efrem

On Jun 29, 2019, at 4:24 PM, Johnb - co.uk <jo...@john-barrs.co.uk> wrote:

Here are 12 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the definition that was submitted by a dictionary

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to this one), before the deadline..

 9:00 pm on Monday, Jul 01 in the UK
 4:00 pm on        East Coast USA
 1:00 pm on        West Coast USA
5:30 am on   Jul 2 in parts of Oz

New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may vote.

JohnnyB



 9. a  psychological state in which one vividly feels as though one were someone else

Dave Cunningham

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Jul 1, 2019, 10:43:58 AM7/1/19
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8 and 10 - though I woke up late today

Dave
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